William pearce



' (No Model.)

W. APEj-ARCE. BOTTLE STOPPER AND MOUNT.

Patented Apr. 2, 1895.

No..5 36,7o0.

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WILLIAM PEARCE, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

BOTTLE STOPPER AND MOUNT.

SPECIFICATION forming* part Of Letters Patent No. 536,700, vdated April2, 1 895.

Application tiled December 10, 1894. Serial No. 531,314- (No modell) To@ZZ whoml t may concern..-

Be tknown that I, WILLIAM PEAECE, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, and a resident of 52 Hylton Street, in the city of Birmingham,England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle Stoppersand Mounts, of which the following is a specitication.

My invention relates to improvements in connection with bottle mountsand bottle stoppers, and more particularly referring to such bottlesthat are used for smelling salts or other liquids or substances when itis desirable that the said stopper shall be secured in its place by anexternal mount or other device.

The object of this my invention is to combine with the usual stopper, orsuch other suitable stopper, a part rotating locking device of theconstruction and arrangement as hereinafter described. I attain theseobjects by the mechanism illustrated in the accoman inv drawin s inwhichy D i Figure 1, shows an external view of my invention. Fig. 2, isa plan view of my invention with the stopper knob removed. Fig. 3, is asectional view of the invention on line A-B. Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7, aredetailed views of some of the mechanical parts employed in this myinvention. Fig. 8, is a detached view of the stopper.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

10, is the bottle.

11 is the stopper fitting thethroat 12 of the bott-le, and having theterminal knob or handle 13, and the neck 14. Upon the exterior of theneck of the bottle is fixed the mount 15, having the upper plate 16,secured thereto. Upon this plate are carried a number of plates 17,which are movably jointed at 18. At the other ends of these plates areprojecting pegs or studs 19. I now provide the part rotative plate 20,having the slot holes 21, corresponding in number to the number of pegs19. This plate 20, is now soldered within the outer collar 22, and thenplaced in position upon the plate 17, the pegs 19, taking into the slots21. The lower edge 23, of the collar is now turned over the projectingedge 24, of the plate 16, to prevent its removal see Fig. 3, butpermitting a part rotative movement. By part rotati'ng the said collarthe plates are simultaneously drawn across the central opening, as seenin Figs. 2 and 7, or drawn back underneath the collar as seen in Fig. 6.It will now be seen that when the stopper 1l, is in its place in thethroat of the bottle (as seen in Fig. 3), by rotating the collar 22, theplates 17, are closed tightly around the neck 14 of the said stopper,and thereby eectually prevents its removal. By turning the collar 22, inlthe opposite direction the plates 17 are all withdrawn leaving thecentral portion quite clear and free for the removal of the stopper.

It will be readily seen that the shape and detail of the various partsmay be considerably modified without departing fromthe nature of myinvention.

I am aware that a moving diaphragm of this kind has already been usedfor mounts to cover or uncover certa-in openings and therefore I do notclaim such mounts of themselves,

but Y WhatI claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a bottle 10, stopper 11., ot' the plate 16, havingthe movable plates 17, andthe part rotative collar 22, and plate 20, allsubstantially as described and shown, and for the purposes specified.

WILLIAM PEARCE.

Witnesses:

ERNEST W. JONES, CHARLES H. POWELL.

